so, every politician ran to, to embrace the nih and restore its funding. for the past eight months, the nih has been gutted by sequestration, 700 grants have been denied for projects that include cancer research. we could be developing great cancer therapies. not funding it. it is, it was in this moment. when the politics lined up that suddenly people found the empathy for this institution that has been struggling for almost a year now. >> to that point i think we should show a graphic that appeared on other hours of this channel today. but is an important one. that shows just how far we have moved. i mean the senate, the senate continues resolution to fund the government is a massive compromise. look at that. at the top, the original budget from president obama. and down at the bottom, is 986 billion, the senate version of the continuing resolution. the goal posts have been moved far right ward. nobody -- is really even talking about that. >> i know. it's sort of the lost story here which its that -- obviously -- the president has comappropripra funding l